Richard Milhous Obama

As the trifecta of scandals (Benghazi, IRS, and AP) continue to unfold, the comparisons of Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal and Obama's IRS targeting of conservative groups (in my opinion, this is the one scandal that could cause people to demand his resignation...he will never do that) are routinely being made in the news media.  Nixon, of course, denied any knowledge of the DNC break-in and subsequent coverup.  The tapes eventually showed Nixon was actively participating in the coverup itself.  He resigned in August of 1974.  I was only 23 years old and remember it vividly.  Nixon was paranoid, insecure and did not take well to criticism.  That matches President Obama perfectly.

 Obama has never reacted well to the differing opinions of conservative groups.  He never saw them as Americans with a different view for this country.  President Obama saw them as the enemy.    It was an enemy that had to be dealt with in some form or fashion.  The Tea Party caused a massive headache for Obama in the mid-term elections of 2010 due to his insistence on health care reform.  Now, some will read this and say Obama is not implicated in any way of being actively involved in the IRS targeting (or the other two scandals) of conservative groups.  That's true for now.  But, it has his fingerprints all over it.  President Obama does not see the Tea Party or any conservative groups as activists who want what's best for this nation. Only Obama knows what this nation truly needs...more government activism.  He has always viewed his adversaries as uncouth, peons and lacking in intelligence because they don't understand what he is trying to accomplish.  I said a long time ago that Obama's massive ego would get him in trouble someday.  I hate to say I told you so...

President Nixon had his plumbers unit who dealt with anyone who disagreed with him.  Nixon was a man who wanted to be king.  Obama wants to be emperor of the world.  Both men believed/believe they were above the people who they are sworn to serve.  One could make a comparison to where both men surrounded themselves with "yes men" who ultimately led to their destruction (yes, the jury is still out on Obama).  The biggest problem I see is that Nixon had a press that hated his guts.  I mean, they were absolutely beside themselves with joy over Watergate.  Fast forward nearly 40 years later.  You have a press that absolutely has insulated Obama from any form of criticism (although some cracks are starting to show).  I think in the end, this is going to hurt President Obama.  As more and more of the three scandals are revealed, I think you will see an administration come unglued as they try to smother dissent.  It worked so well in the past.  But, that was with 99.8% support from the Mainstream Media.  The scandal that has the press worked up is the AP reporters targeted by the DOJ for their phone records.  If President Obama loses his guard dogs in the MSM, then we may well see another instance where a sitting U.S. President is threatened with impeachment.  No, he won't be convicted in the Democratic controlled Senate.  But, the damage will be done for his second-term agenda.  Just ask Bill Clinton about that.